BYROAD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BYROAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYROAD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BYROAD is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYROAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
byroadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYROAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BYROAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BYROAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A side road or country lane that carries little traffic compared with the highway.
A byroad is the quiet lane that branches off a highway and leads to farms, hamlets or nowhere in particular. Travellers choose it to avoid traffic, to see the countryside or to find a shortcut, and storytellers like it as a place where characters can meet or vanish unseen. The word is sometimes spelt with a hyphen, as by-road, and means much the same as a back road.
How BYROAD is used
Standard but somewhat old-fashioned; often found in travel and country writing.
- We left the highway and took a byroad through the hills.
- The byroad was too narrow for two cars to pass.
- He knew every byroad between the village and the coast.
- A muddy byroad led down to the old mill.
- The thief escaped along a byroad that no map showed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYROAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BYROAD
The 6 tiles of BYROAD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BYROAD
1 longer words begin with BYROAD.
Shorter words from the letters in BYROAD
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Common questions about BYROAD
- Is BYROAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYROAD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYROAD worth?
- BYROAD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYROAD mean?
- A side road or country lane that carries little traffic compared with the highway.
- What letters can be added to BYROAD?
- BYROAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BYROAD:
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